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Ed Miliband to speak at the Durham Miners' Galahttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/apr/27/durham-miners-gala-ed-miliband-bob-crowe-labour
Miliband will be first Labour leader for 23 years to address the Big Meeting and enjoy one of the north of England's great days out<p>Ed Miliband has cheered up his northern troops by announcing that he will speak at the <a href="http://www.dmm-gallery.org.uk/gala/index.htm">Durham Miners Gala</a> on <a href="http://french.about.com/od/culture/a/bastille-day.htm">Bastille Day</a> this year.</p><p>He lost out all round last July by dropping out because of other commitments, which was widely taken as a euphemism for avoiding appearing on the same bill as the fiery railworkers' leader <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/bob-crow">Bob Crow</a>.</p><p>It is the natural place, in my opinion, for the Labour Party leader to be. Hopefully, it has ended a very barren period where a number of people thought that it was wrong to come here. I think he will do himself more good than harm.</p><p>One or two of them tried to change the party; change the politics. They thought that we were just old dinosaurs who did not mean anything. But contrary to most people's expectations the Gala is more important now than it has ever been.</p><p>Let's hope he will tell us we are going to be the next government and we are going to fight these Tories and fights these attacks on the working class.</p><p>The Big Meeting is one of the highlights of the Labour movement's calendar and we look forward to welcoming Ed to Durham in the summer for what I'm sure will be an enjoyable day.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/apr/27/durham-miners-gala-ed-miliband-bob-crowe-labour">Continue reading...</a>PoliticsEd MilibandLabourTrade unionsMiningThe miners' strike 1984-85ConservativesShami ChakrabartiTom WatsonDurham UniversityFri, 27 Apr 2012 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/apr/27/durham-miners-gala-ed-miliband-bob-crowe-labourPhotograph: Stuart Forster / Rex FeaturesThe 125th Durham Miners' Gala, Durham City 2009 Photograph: Stuart Forster / Rex FeaturesPhotograph: Stuart Forster / Rex FeaturesThe 125th Durham Miners' Gala, Durham City 2009 Photograph: Stuart Forster / Rex FeaturesMartin Wainwright2012-04-27T09:30:00Z